Hempstead News

It's getting harder and harder to be holy nowadays. Barry Bujol, a 30-year-old convert to Islam from Hempstead Texas, found his every act of piety blocked by government officials, until in May 30, 2010 when he was arrested for trying to contact the unbeknownst to him dead Yemeni-America cleric Anwar Al-Aulaqi. Bujol was seeking advice on how to ... (more)

A Texas man convicted of seeking now-deceased Yemeni-based cleric Anwar al-Awlaki's advice about raising money for jihadists has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Barry Walter Bujol, Jr., a 30-year-old Hempstead, Texas resident and former student at Prairie View A&M University, has been sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas Kenneth Magidson announced today, along with Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

A troubling story: Ricky Sargent, a football and track coach in Hempstead, Texas, was fired a few weeks ago for leaving two seniors behind at a restaurant for about an hour, at night, after they misbehaved and refused to get back on the team bus.